Five disabled-friendly vehicles for Eden

Story by Danny Ooi
Pix by Law Suun Ting

WITH continuous care throughout the years, Eden Handicap Service Centre Berhad has become a beacon of love, hope and opportunity for people with disabilities in the community.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Eden together with the Penang state government, via the Youth & Sports, Women, Family & Community Development committee, Pertubuhan Wanita Mutiara, State Sports Council and the contributions of other donors for events in 2014, has helped to raise an amount of RM1 million for the purchase of five imported vehicles with ramps.
Among the other donors of the vehicles costing about RM150,000 each were Pertubuhan Wanita Mutiara (two vehicles), Hotayi Electronics, Lions Club of George Town Central, Penang and Rotary Club of George Town, Penang.
‘The first two vehicles and the free-handy-CAB services provided by Eden in Penang were the first of its kind in Malaysia.
They meet the needs of people with disabilities, the sick and the wheel-chair bound so that they can benefit from the
services for medical treatment in hospital and dialysis centres,” Lim said at the launch of the 5-Handy-Cab Free Service To
Wheel Chair Passengers at Gurney Paragon Mall on July 4.
Also present were Lim’s wife and chairman of Pertubuhan Wanita Mutiara, Betty Chew, chairman of Eden, Henry Tung and its general manager, Bertie Tye, director, Datuk Lee Kok Aun, Penang Sports Council (MSNPP) director, Federick Tan Teck Aun,
exco for Youth & Sports, Women, Family and Community Development, Chong Eng and Pulau Tikus assemblymember Yap Soo Huey
Lim thanked all donors, supporters, companies and churches
and the media who have contributed to the project to bring forth the accessible and safe vehicles, which mean a great deal to the wheelchair dependent in the community.
Members of the public and companies who wish to support and donate to the monthly operational costs of these vehicles
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